Automatic gate



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I AUTOMATIC GATE. No'. 276,434. Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

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E. LITTLE. AUTOMATIC GATE. Patented Apr. 4. 1883 N. PETERS, mwmum n mr, Washington. 0.0.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMANUEL LITTLE, OF ZANESFIELD, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC 'GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,434, dated April 24, 1883.

Application filed December 4, 1882.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Zanesfield, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvements in Automatic Gates, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my gate, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

My invention consists in attaching to the bottom of the rear frame-post of a gate a slotted lever running forward obliquely a foot or so. In' the slot plays a pin, to which I attach three rods, as shown. Two of these are fastened at their outer ends to pivoted upright levers in posts at proper distances away, while the third, which runs nearly parallel with the gate, is attached at its forward end to the latch of the gate, which it withdraws from or pushes into the post to open or close the gate, the latch opening with a sliding motion.

When it is desired to open the gate from either side by a person in-a buggy or on horseback the lever on that side is pushed forward or pulled backward, as the case may be. The first movement of the lever withdraws the latch from the socket in the post, and the further movement in the same direction opens the gate. When the gate has reached the stopping-post a further movement of the lever forces the latch into the socket in the post and holds the gate firmly shut.

I do not throw my gate out of plumb and rely upon the weight of the gate to slam it shut or open; but I control it with a positive hand at all times, and can stop it at any point desired, which other automatic gates will not permit of. I also have positive control over (No model.)

the latching device, and the gate can be latched or unlatched at will positively and certainly.

In my drawings I show the gate operated by hand-levers; but I can use trips for the carriage to run over, if desired.

I make nochange in the hanging of the gate, nor in the hinges, but attach my device tothe bottom of the rear gate-frame post and connect the rods with the operating-levers.

A is thepost against which the gate closes; B, the post to which the gate is hinged; O D, the posts in which the levers are hinged; E, rear post of the gateframe; F G H, rodsopcrating the gate through lever L and the gatelatch K.

On the post A is a small wheel near the bottom for the gate to rest upon, which Wheel rolls as the gate comes against it, allowing the gate to go to the top of it and rest.

I disclaim, broadly, the ideaof opening and closing a gate and operating the latch by means of rods operated by handles at the side of the drive; but

I claim my especial construction as follows:

1. The combination, with the slotted lever M, attached to the gate-post, of the rods H F, handles L, rod G, and latch K, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with rods F and H, which open and close the gate, and rod G, which operates the latch, of the slotted lever M, attached to the gate-post, and in which the pivots of the rods play, as and for the purpose set forth.

' EMANUE L LITTLE.

WVitnesses O. 1). CAMPBELL, E. K. CAMPBELL. 

